December 5, 2000

Online investors continue to buy Intel Corp stock, while other computer stocks continue to fall; Ameritrade Inc, online brokerage firm, says buy orders for Intel continue to outpace sell orders, despite 58 percent decline in stock from peak of $75.81 reached in August; stock trades at $33.02 on Dec 4 (M)

Turkish officials meet with team from International Monetary Fund to discuss conditions for emergency loan to alleviate immediate financial crisis, but long-term structural solutions like banking reform and increased privatization look tougher to work out; financial crisis is straining Turkey's coalition government as officials deal with potential problem in relations with European Union that could further shake confidence in country's economy; Turkish government and IMF seek to calm turmoil; Istanbul Stock Exchange's main index drops 8.12 percent, to 7,329.61; shares have lost 43 percent of their value in last two weeks; photo (M)

Neil Strauss Critic's Notebook article on final show by band Smashing Pumpkins at Chicago club; discusses sliding popularity of alternative rock; photo (M)

Political upheaval, slackening demand for high-technology exports and potential banking crisis rattles Taiwan; percentage of nonperforming loans at Taiwan's banks rises to record 5.36 percent of total loans; Taiwan has been on roller coaster since Chen Shui-bian swept Nationalist Party out of power in March 2000; graph; photos (M)

Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder fires Coach Norv Turner and replaces him with team's passing coordinator Terry Robiskie on interim basis; also hires former UCLA Coach Pepper Rodgers as vice president of football operations; photo (M)